1. there is no copy and paste (unbelievable)
2. there is no any kind of search (another unbelievable)
3. if you are not subscribed call display even the caller in your contacts it doesn't show you the caller
4. there is no any desktop application to update calender and/or contacts, you have to have MS products (what a shame)

1 - you knew that before you bought it
2 - there's contact search (not too sure what you'd be searching for anyway)
3 - blame your provider because that's some crap
4 - buy a mac (Address Book and iCal work wonderfully with it)

Sitting at my desk at home, I can now get 3G for the first time. However, my bars still occasionaly jump down to 1 from 5. We'll see how well it improves call dropping. I've had occasional call drops, usually immediately after dialing, so fortunately it hasn't been a big issue for me.

EDIT- seconds after hitting Post Reply on my desktop, my iPhone then displays "No service". I had to reboot.

1. there is no copy and paste (unbelievable)
2. there is no any kind of search (another unbelievable)
3. if you are not subscribed call display even the caller in your contacts it doesn't show you the caller
4. there is no any desktop application to update calender and/or contacts, you have to have MS products (what a shame)

For #2 - what is it you are wanting to search? Perhaps the Google app would interest you (free)
For #3 - what country are you in? Here in the UK you don't have to specially subscribe to anything for that feature - I think that is more of a network thing.

2.0.1 fixed the spontaneous phone reboots, but apps still tended to crash. Some apps would reach a point of refusing to run until the phone itself was restarted. Hopefully 2.0.2 will keep apps from crashing as often or at least make them more consistent at restarting afterward. Each step brings a little more progress.

no re-setting up of mobile me has been necessary for me! last update made mobile me bugs worse, prompting a complete troubleshooting session (see http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1672)... contacts no longer constantly disappearing, lets hope 2.0.2 is a good one...

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Originally Posted by BuffyzDead

It was not just a software update. I saw it state "Upgrading iPhone Firmware".

So let me see......

UPDATE:
OK...had 4 bars of 3G before...Have 4 bars of 3G after. No change there.
I did have to re-setup my two email accounts:
MobileMe
and
Yahoo.

Sense no difference at all, otherwise.
My iPhone always worked fine so at least it does not seem like that changed......

Contacts still has an annoying delay of 2-3 seconds after launch during which it's unresponsive. It also often opens at one location in the list, and then jumps to a different location upon being responsive.

Things feel more responsive after 2.0.2. Contacts seems better when first opening.

However, 3G is still flaky for me. I'm in the financial district of San Francisco at work. With the phone on my desk, I get 4 to 5 bars in 3G but then it'll randomly drop to EDGE and it usually will not go back to 3G unless I force it to (via airplane mode, turning 3G on or off, or powering the phone off and back on) - at which point it will pick up 4 to 5 bars again for a while before dropping to EDGE again. This is while it is sitting in one place on my desk.

My coworker sits a few feet away and has a Samsung Blackjack on AT&T without any 3G problems in the office.

Contacts still has an annoying delay of 2-3 seconds after launch during which it's unresponsive. It also often opens at one location in the list, and then jumps to a different location upon being responsive.

After the update, my bars go to 11, which is one more than 10.

I don't think that that is a defect.

Most iPhone apps have a startup delay - some throw up a splash screen to cover the true load time.

Likely, Contacts is just loading a small portion of the data and displaying it until it has the full contact list loaded.

However, 3G is still flaky for me. I'm in the financial district of San Francisco at work. With the phone on my desk, I get 4 to 5 bars in 3G but then it'll randomly drop to EDGE and it usually will not go back to 3G unless I force it to. This is while it is sitting in one place on my desk.

My coworker sits a few feet away and has a Samsung Blackjack on AT&T without any 3G problems in the office.

Apple would have made a big deal out of any 3G improvements, so if there are some who notice an improvement it may be some slight adjustment that Apple did-- but my guess is we will hear of the Infineon tweak sometime later.

No, seriously, are you worried your three-year-old is reading this forum? Don't even worry about your nine-year-old; his language when you are not around would make a soldier blush.

Lol, good form.

Back to the topic, here almost in the middle of London (Notting Hill/Bayswater) my iPhone's 3G bars are constantly jumping up an down from 1 to 5 and back like (I presume) Dick Cheney's heart on 5 Red Bulls ... Furthermore, the 3G signal is being very frequently replaced by Edge even as I am strolling quietly around my flat. The situation is no better at the flagship Apple store itself (on Regent street) - it was almost embarrassing to watch an Apple presenter swapping 3G for wifi during an iPhone presentation; the chap mumbled the usual mantra 'thanking o2 for that connection' but I doubt more and more that the network operator is in fact to blame ...

Also true that the iPod function usually interferes with web-surfing (and vice versa) - have had quite a few 'broken records' while trying only these 2 functionalities at once ...

In addition, did you notice that the GPS has an allarming tendency to be 'unable to determine your current location'? For me, it happens nine times out of ten ... And I'm not doing it in my basement, if you would like to ask.

Plus, many outside apps (such as the Facebook chat) break down almost constantly for no apparent reason, and yet again I have a suspicion it may not be (at least solely) Facebook's or other developers' fault ...

And iPhone's Bluetooth capabilities and its battery life - don't even get me started ...

Finally, Apple, are you going to address the total travesty that is the iPhone's genocide of custom ringtones and its collection of factory ringtones that is worthy of any respectable mobile phone circa 1994 ... And please, spare me the usual 'legal/illegal ... copyright' bullshit this time ...

And what is copy/paste, by the way? Personally, never heard of such a groundbreaking functionality.

The great things for the great, the abysses for the profound, the thrills for the refined, and, to sum up shortly, everything rare for the rare.

Perhaps the fix is in, but won't be evident until more people on the network update. Perhaps the 2.0.1 users' chips are running wild and wreaking havoc on the 3G network. I say give it a couple days (weeks?) to determine if it's fixed or not.

3. if you are not subscribed call display even the caller in your contacts it doesn't show you the caller
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS MEANS. IF I PICK A PICTURE IT FOR A CONTACT IT DISPLAYS THAT. IF I DON'T IT STILL DISPLAYS THE CALLER'S NAME & NUMBER

4. there is no any desktop application to update calender and/or contacts, you have to have MS products (what a shame)

Perhaps the fix is in, but won't be evident until more people on the network update. Perhaps the 2.0.1 users' chips are running wild and wreaking havoc on the 3G network. I say give it a couple days (weeks?) to determine if it's fixed or not.

I say the time is too short for a proper 3G fix. They could have easily upped the radio power but we don't we even know if that is an issue. Plus, despite Apple's rapid fixes the timeframe seems too short for this issue to be resolved and I agree with rjwill246 that Apple would have probably advertised this as a particular fix in this update.

Dick Applebaum on whether the iPad is a personal computer: "BTW, I am posting this from my iPad pc while sitting on the throne... personal enough for you?"

I was kind of expecting the 2.0.2 update to have more localizations, but I don't see any on my iPod Touch. Nonetheless, I'm guessing the update has something to do with the additional carriers that will be available this week.

I was kind of expecting the 2.0.2 update to have more localizations, but I don't see any on my iPod Touch. Nonetheless, I'm guessing the update has something to do with the additional carriers that will be available this week.

this is just annoying. I wish everyone would stop saying snappier because it's not snappier it's in your head. And the word snappier Is really gay. I hate that apple doesn't give details. These non detail messages make me not want to waste the time installing another update that does nothing

No, seriously, are you worried your three-year-old is reading this forum? Don't even worry about your nine-year-old; his language when you are not around would make a soldier blush.

I'm not worried about anyone's children, I'm concerned that you have so little regard for the civility which we should expect from eachother that you can't help but rub your dirty little mouth all over the internet, not in the toilet where your language belongs.

Sitting at my desk at home, I can now get 3G for the first time. However, my bars still occasionaly jump down to 1 from 5. We'll see how well it improves call dropping. I've had occasional call drops, usually immediately after dialing, so fortunately it hasn't been a big issue for me.

EDIT- seconds after hitting Post Reply on my desktop, my iPhone then displays "No service". I had to reboot.

You don't have to reboot, just wait 3 to 4 minutes and you'll get 4 -5 bars and then it'll repeat. I had this happen at home just after the 2.0.1 update. But it seemed to go away after a day or so. When I'm at home I turn off 3G since service isn't too great.

My assessment is that it hasn't made a blind bit of difference to anything.

Ridiculously simple apps such as Clock still take 2-3 seconds to open, leaving me gawping at the screen like an idiot just to see what the time is in Dubai. Contacts is still unresponsive for a good couple of seconds (I don't have a big database) and Weather loads about as fast as it would on an Macintosh Classic.

Most iPhone apps have a startup delay - some throw up a splash screen to cover the true load time.

Likely, Contacts is just loading a small portion of the data and displaying it until it has the full contact list loaded.

Do you have a large contact list?

This is a major defect because there wasn't any lag under 1.1.4. If it wasn't for a few cool apps, I would gladly downgrade my phone to 1.1.4 for the responsiveness that it once had. As another pointed out, the contacts will start at a part of the list that you were not browsing before, then after a few seconds, jump to your last location.

This update has now caused my battery icon to act erratic. I had no problems with it charging before but now when I charge it, and it says it's charged, then suddenly it will go back to showing it's charging again. Very weird. Anyone else having this issue?

I can't believe all the problems I'm reading on here tonight- is it all that bad?-really?
...waiting for my new non-phone iPod touch and loving it!
This is so entertaining - all the threads on here, all these months, devoted to the iPhone and it all comes down to this??

Most iPhone apps have a startup delay - some throw up a splash screen to cover the true load time.

Likely, Contacts is just loading a small portion of the data and displaying it until it has the full contact list loaded.

Do you have a large contact list?

What is large? Personally, mine is about 175 contacts and no photos in them, which really doesn't sound like should be a problem that gives noticeable lag in loading, but it did. That said, 2.0.2 seems to have almost eliminated the lag between appearing to be functional and actually being functional, which I think is a UI gaffe. It may take just as long to start, but it does not show a list of contacts until it's ready to let you do anything with that list.

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Originally Posted by Foo2

BTW: The iPhone Google app looks like a privacy threat. Does anybody know?

Any web service, any company that you give information is a privacy threat. As it is, Google doesn't seem to be selling or trading uniquely identifiable information right now.

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Originally Posted by Daniel0418

this is just annoying. I wish everyone would stop saying snappier because it's not snappier it's in your head. And the word snappier Is really gay. I hate that apple doesn't give details. These non detail messages make me not want to waste the time installing another update that does nothing

Contacts did change how it starts a bit, whether it's a mind trick (see above), I'm not totally certain, but it's less frustrating now. Instead of showing you a clipping of the contacts scroller, it doesn't show you a list until it's actually ready to let you pick a contact or scroll through the list.